The Power to Transform : The Kemano Power Project and the Debate about the Future of Northern British Columbia

• Published in: Journal of Northern Studies
• Main Author: Coates, Ken
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: University of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada 2007
• Subjects: northern development; hydro-electric power; Alcan; Kemano; Northern British Columbia; History; Historia; Journal of Northern Studies
• Online Access: http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-47551; https://doi.org/10.36368/jns.v1i1-2.510

The struggle to determine the pace and nature of resource development has long been at the centre of northern autonomy movements. The fortyyear-long debate over the Kemano Power Project in Northern British Columbia reveals how the understanding of hydro-development has shifted from a major regional...